Three-dimensional stress analysis of polypropylene leaflets for prosthetic heart valves

Medical Engineering and Physics

Volumn 19, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 588-597

  Thornton, M A ^a   Howard, I C ^a   Patterson, E A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; POLYPROPYLENES; PRESSURIZATION; STRESS ANALYSIS;

LEAFLETS;

HEART VALVE PROSTHESES;

ARTICLE; HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STRESS; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; VALVULAR HEART DISEASE; WEIGHT BEARING;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS; HUMANS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; POLYPROPYLENES; PROSTHESIS DESIGN; STRESS, MECHANICAL;

EID: 0031239207     PISSN: 13504533     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1350-4533(96)00042-2     Document Type: Article

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